batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15892-l16024
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-rodwell-gutenberg-l15892-l16024
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
passage_locator:
label: PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. /
PREFACE; lines 15892-16024
start: '15892'
end: '16024'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an), Rodwell translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage recounts Noah’s warning and the rescue of those with him in
the ark; the sending of later apostles; Moses and Aaron confronting Pharaoh, his
nobles, and magicians; the prayers and deliverance of Moses’ people; the sea crossing
and Pharaoh’s drowning, with his body preserved as a sign; the settled provision
for the children of Israel; the deliverance of the people of Jonah after belief;
and concluding admonitions about divine signs, belief, monotheism, guidance, death,
mercy, and judgment.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Noah tells his people that he trusts in God, asks no reward from them, and
is commanded to be among the Muslims.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Noah’s people treat him as a liar.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: God rescues Noah and those with him in the ark, makes them survive, and drowns
those who charged the signs with falsehood.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: After Noah, apostles are sent to their peoples with credentials, but the peoples
do not believe.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharaoh and his nobles with signs.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Pharaoh’s side calls the truth clear sorcery and summons skilled magicians.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Moses tells the magicians to cast down what they have, and then says God will
render vain their sorceries.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Only a group among Moses’ own people believes in him, fearing Pharaoh and
his nobles.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Moses’ people declare trust in God and pray for deliverance from the unjust
and unbelieving people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Moses and Aaron are instructed to provide houses for their people in Egypt,
make a Kebla in their houses, observe prayer, and proclaim good tidings.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Moses prays that Pharaoh’s and his nobles’ riches be confounded and that their
hearts be hardened until they see torment.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: The children of Israel are led through the sea while Pharaoh and his hosts
follow in hostility.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:13
text: When drowning overtakes Pharaoh, he declares belief in the God believed in
by the children of Israel.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: God says Pharaoh’s body will be rescued that he may be a sign to later people.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: The children of Israel are given a settled abode and good things, and their
differences are said to be decided on the day of Resurrection.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: The addressed hearer is told to inquire of those who have read the Scriptures
before him if in doubt about what has been sent down.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:17
text: The people of Jonas are described as believing and being delivered from a
penalty of shame in this world.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:18
text: The passage states that signs and warners do not avail those who will not
believe, and that apostles and believers will be delivered.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:19
text: The final admonitions reject worship of beings besides God and state that
only God can remove trouble or grant good.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Noah
description: A speaker who reminds his people of the signs of God, trusts in God,
asks no reward from his people, and is rescued with those in the ark.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Noah’s people
description: The people addressed by Noah who treat him as a liar; those among them
charging signs with falsehood are drowned.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: The divine actor who rescues believers, sends apostles, verifies truth,
hears prayer, leads the children of Israel, preserves Pharaoh’s body as a sign,
grants mercy, and judges.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Those with Noah in the ark
description: The group rescued with Noah in the ark and made to survive the others.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Apostles after Noah
description: Messengers sent after Noah to their peoples with credentials.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Moses
description: An apostolic figure sent with Aaron to Pharaoh and his nobles; he confronts
magicians, exhorts his people to trust in God, and prays against Pharaoh and his
nobles.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Aaron
description: Moses’ brother, sent with him to Pharaoh and his nobles and included
in the instruction to provide houses and prayer spaces for their people in Egypt.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pharaoh
description: A mighty ruler in the land, associated with pride, wickedness, nobles,
hostile pursuit, drowning, a late declaration of belief, and preservation of his
body as a sign.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Pharaoh’s nobles
description: The nobles associated with Pharaoh, splendour and riches, opposition
to Moses, and feared affliction of believers.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Pharaoh’s hosts
description: The forces following the children of Israel through the sea in an eager
and hostile manner.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Skilled magicians
description: Magicians fetched by Pharaoh, who cast down their materials before
Moses says God will render their sorceries vain.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Moses’ believing people
description: A group among Moses’ own people who believe despite fear of Pharaoh
and his nobles and pray for deliverance.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Children of Israel
description: The people led through the sea, later given a settled abode and good
things, and identified as the group whose God Pharaoh claims to believe in while
drowning.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: People of Jonas
description: A people whose belief leads to deliverance from the penalty of shame
in this world and provision for a time.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: apostolic warner or messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: These figures are described as reminding people of God’s signs or being sent
with signs and credentials.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: leader of believing community
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Moses and Aaron receive instructions to organize their people’s houses, prayer
direction, and worship in Egypt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: opposing ruler or hostile elite
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Pharaoh, his nobles, and hosts oppose Moses and pursue the children of Israel
hostilely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: delivered believers or survivors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:12
- fig:13
basis: These groups are rescued, pray for deliverance, or are led through the sea
and settled afterward.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: rejecting audience
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Noah’s people treat him as a liar and are associated with rejecting signs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: divine rescuer and judge
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God rescues, sends signs, hears prayer, delivers apostles and believers,
and decides disputes on the day of Resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: sign after punishment
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Pharaoh’s body is rescued so that he may be a sign to those after him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: magical opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The magicians are summoned by Pharaoh and their sorceries are declared vain
by Moses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: repentant or believing city-people
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The people of Jonas believe and are delivered from a penalty of shame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ark
literal_form: Ark carrying Noah and those with him
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: drowning waters
literal_form: Waters by which rejecters in Noah’s story and Pharaoh in the sea-crossing
episode are drowned
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: sea passage
literal_form: The sea through which the children of Israel are led while Pharaoh
and his hosts follow
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: Pharaoh’s body as sign
literal_form: Pharaoh’s body preserved after drowning as a sign to later people
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: signs of God
literal_form: Divine signs, credentials, and warnings that are accepted or rejected
by peoples in the passage
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:12
- id: sym:6
label: houses with Kebla
literal_form: Houses in Egypt made into a Kebla and used for prayer
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: splendour and riches
literal_form: Pharaoh’s and his nobles’ splendour and riches in the present life
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: day of Resurrection
literal_form: Future day when the Lord decides concerning differences
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Noah warns his people and is rescued in the ark
summary: Noah addresses his people, states his trust in God and refusal of reward,
is rejected, and is rescued with those in the ark while rejecters are drowned.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Apostles after Noah are denied
summary: After Noah, apostles are sent with credentials, but their peoples do not
believe what they had previously denied.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh’s court and magicians
summary: Moses and Aaron are sent with signs to Pharaoh and his nobles; the truth
is called sorcery; Pharaoh summons magicians; Moses declares that God will make
the sorcery vain and verify the truth.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Moses’ believers pray and receive house-prayer instructions
summary: A fearful group among Moses’ people believes, declares trust in God, prays
for deliverance, and Moses and Aaron are instructed to provide houses, prayer
direction, prayer, and good tidings.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Prayer against Pharaoh and sea deliverance
summary: Moses prays against Pharaoh’s wealth and hardened hearts; the children
of Israel are led through the sea; Pharaoh and his hosts pursue; Pharaoh is overtaken
by drowning and his body is preserved as a sign.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Israel settled and future judgment stated
summary: The children of Israel receive a settled abode and good things, later differ
after knowledge comes, and their disputes are assigned to divine decision on the
day of Resurrection.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: People of Jonas believe and are spared
summary: The people of Jonas are singled out as a city-people whose belief brings
deliverance from a shameful penalty in this world and provision for a time.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: General admonition on signs, belief, and monotheism
summary: The passage admonishes hearers to consider the heavens and earth, wait
for God’s judgment, trust that apostles and believers are delivered, and worship
only God, who causes death and controls harm and good.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Ark rescue of faithful survivors
taxonomy_refs:
- ark_vessel
basis: Noah and those with him are rescued in the ark and made to survive while
rejecters are drowned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a compressed account of the Noah episode and does
not elaborate the ark’s construction or voyage.
- id: motif:2
label: Drowning judgment after rejected warning
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Those who reject the signs in Noah’s story are drowned, and Pharaoh is overtaken
by drowning after hostile pursuit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The Noah portion implies a flood-like destruction through drowning but
does not narrate the flood in detail in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Messenger opposed by ruler and magicians
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Moses and Aaron bring signs to Pharaoh; the truth is labeled sorcery; magicians
are summoned; Moses declares that God will render the sorceries vain and verify
the truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific magic-contest motif;
the wisdom reference is broad and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine deliverance through water passage
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- divine_judgment
basis: The children of Israel are led through the sea while Pharaoh and his hosts
follow hostilely and are overtaken by drowning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the crossing and pursuit without detailed topography
or ritual framing.
- id: motif:5
label: Late repentance at death rejected
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Pharaoh declares belief when drowning overtakes him, but God responds that
he had been rebellious and wicked before that moment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the episode as divine speech and warning rather than
as an extended doctrinal discussion of repentance.
- id: motif:6
label: Body preserved as warning sign
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Pharaoh’s body is rescued so that he may be a sign to later people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not describe the body’s later location or form.
- id: motif:7
label: Believing city spared from punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The people of Jonas believe and are delivered from the penalty of shame in
this world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: Jonas himself is not narrated here; only the people’s belief and deliverance
are stated.
- id: motif:8
label: Future resurrection judgment
taxonomy_refs:
- resurrection
- divine_judgment
basis: The Lord is said to decide between the children of Israel on the day of Resurrection
concerning their differences.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage mentions the day of Resurrection briefly without describing
resurrection scenes.
- id: motif:9
label: Deliverance of apostles and faithful
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage states that God will deliver apostles and those who believe,
and that it is binding to deliver the faithful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: This is a generalized statement following multiple narrative examples.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly directs the doubtful hearer to consult those who read
earlier Scriptures, framing its message in relation to a prior scriptural tradition.
claim_level: same_function
target: Earlier Scripture-reading communities
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage does not quote the earlier Scriptures or make a detailed
narrative comparison in this excerpt.
- id: claim:2
claim: The repeated pattern of rejected messengers followed by rescue of believers
and punishment of rejecters links the Noah, Moses, and later apostolic examples
within a shared warning-and-deliverance pattern.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Warning, rejection, judgment, and deliverance pattern across prophetic narratives
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim is internal to this passage’s sequence and does not establish
historical borrowing or external literary dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 15892-15899
quote_or_summary: Noah tells his people that their hostility to his abode and reminders
of God’s signs does not change his trust in God; he asks no reward and says his
reward is with God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 15900-15904
quote_or_summary: Noah’s people treat him as a liar; God rescues Noah and those
with him in the ark, makes them survive, and drowns those who reject the signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 15905-15908
quote_or_summary: After Noah, apostles are sent to their peoples with credentials,
but their peoples do not believe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 15909-15927
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharaoh and his nobles with signs;
Pharaoh’s side calls the truth sorcery, summons skilled magicians, and Moses says
God will render their sorceries vain and verify the truth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 15928-15938
quote_or_summary: Only a group among Moses’ people believes because of fear of Pharaoh
and his nobles; Moses exhorts trust in God, and the believers pray for deliverance
from unjust and unbelieving people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 15939-15943
quote_or_summary: Moses and Aaron are instructed to provide houses for their people
in Egypt, make a Kebla in their houses, observe prayer, and proclaim good tidings
to believers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 15944-15952
quote_or_summary: Moses prays against Pharaoh’s and his nobles’ splendour and riches,
asking that their hearts be hardened until they see torment; God says the prayer
of both is heard.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 15953-15965
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are led through the sea; Pharaoh and his
hosts follow in hostility; as drowning overtakes Pharaoh he professes belief,
but God says his body will be rescued as a sign to later people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 15966-15971
quote_or_summary: The children of Israel are given a settled abode and good things;
after knowledge comes, they differ, and the Lord will decide between them on the
day of Resurrection.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 15972-15980
quote_or_summary: The addressed hearer is told that if in doubt about what has been
sent down, he should ask those who have read the Scriptures before him; he is
warned not to deny God’s signs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 15981-15987
quote_or_summary: The people of Jonas are identified as a case in which a city believed
and was delivered from the penalty of shame in this world for a time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 15988-16001
quote_or_summary: The passage says belief occurs only by God’s permission; signs
and warners do not avail those who will not believe; God will deliver apostles
and those who believe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 16002-16024
quote_or_summary: The final admonitions reject worship beside God, command true
religion, and state that God causes death, removes trouble, grants good, and guides
or leaves erring according to each soul’s course.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-rodwell.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is clear and narrative-rich, but several motif-family assignments
use broad available taxonomy categories rather than precise tale-type labels.
Human review is recommended for taxonomy alignment.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Literal observations are separated from interpretive motif candidates; comparison claims are limited to internal patterning and the passage’s own reference to earlier Scriptures.
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